Railway-dispatch-order support



L. H. S TEAN. RAILWAY DISPATCH ORDER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1921.

1,424,529; Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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L- H. STEAN RAILWAY DISPATCH ORDER SUPFORT. APPLICATION FILED .IUNEI8,1921- 1,424,529. I Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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Louis 11. STEAN, or SHAFTER, NEVADA.

RAILWAY-DISPATCI-I-ORDER SUPPORT.

$ Application filed June 18,

T 0 all whom it may concern." I

Be it known that I, Louis H. STEAN, citizen of the United States,residing at Shafter, in the county of Elko and State of Nevada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Dispatch-OrderSupports, of which the following is a specification. The inventionrelates to improvements in a device for holding train dispatch ordersand the like.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device'for holding traindispatch orders which can be cheaply manufactured, and can be installedalong any railroad line. Although the device is inexpensivetomanufacture, it possesses considerable durability and is exceedinglysimple to operate. It is a further object of the invention to provide aholder for train dispatch orders, which is positioned adjacent a railwayroad track and is positioned to receive and support train orders, sothat they can be graspedv by a traininan on a passing locomotive withoutlessening the speed of travel of the locomotive.

The invention more specifically comprehends an order holding devicewhich is mounted so that when the same is not in use it can be loweredso the upper surface thereof can lie flush with the road surface, butone which is of such a construction as to permit the order holdingportion to be expeditiously raised and placed insuch a position as toenable orders to be readily grasped by a passing train.

The inventioncomprises other novel fea-v tures of construction, as willmore fully hereinafter appear in the accompanying specification. In thedrawings forming a part of this application I have disclosed a specificembodiment of the invention, but

this disclosure is made for the purpose of illustration, and manychanges can be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts ofmy device.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a view of the dispatch holderelevated and in operative position. Figure 2 is a view of the devicelowered; and, Figure3' is a sectional view through the receiving box.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters indicate corresponding parts, the numeral 1 designates thebase of my device which is preferably mounted below the surface of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

1921. Serial No. {178,631.

ground adjacent a railway track. Extending from this base is a hollowtube 2, which tube terminates at a point slightly below the surface ofthe ground. The tube, as clearly shown in the drawings, preferablyextends through a bottom portion of the receptacle or box 3 seated inthe ground and constituting a receiver for the order holding porablehooks 7- at each end adaptedto receive loops 8 which are fashioned tosupport dispatch orders when the deviceis in operation so that saidorders can be grasped by a passing trainman without the necessity ofbringing the train toa slowdown or stop.

When the device is in use, the standard 4 is raised to the positionshown in F igure'l, and theset screw 9 tightened to hold thedevice insuch a position. Orders are placed within one or both of the loops 8 anda cross piece 6 swung around to a position wherein it extends at rightangles to the track. A trainman on a passing train is thereby enabled tograsp the dispatch orders contained in one of the loops withoutrequiring the engineer to materially lessen the speed of the train.

the loops 8 and the device'is not in active use, then the crosspiece 6can be swung to a position parallel with the tracks whereupon the devicewill not be in 'the way, but on the other hand can act as a light orsignal support as the occasion may require. I have, however, found itdesirable in some instances to lower the upper portion of the devicewhen the same is not in use and to this end the box or receptacle 3'hasa pair of cover sections lO and 11 hinged along each side of the boxand'disconnected at their meeting edges. Near the meeting edges of thesecover 'section's'I have'provided When train orders are not placed within7 slight cutout portions for the passage of the standard thereby fallsdownwardly, the

2v asse ses constructing the receptacle there are no dan gerousdepressions along thetrack bed as the surfaces of the closure lie flushwith the surface of the earth adjacent the track. 1 p I c Any convenientmeans maybe used for holding the dispatchorders by the. loops: 8,

but I preferably employ spring fingers 12 for this purpose, suchfingersmerely engag ing the track orders with sufficient firmness tohold them in position, but offering no resistance when they are graspedby a train- J man.

Having thus described theinvention, what I claim is:

comprisingan upstanding part adapted to be jlaced beneath aroad surface,astandard slid ably connected therewith, across arm carried by saidstandard,-a train dispatch order holding device supported; by thecrossarm, and means for maintaining said stand ard in a raised-position, saidmeanswpermit ting the standard-to be rotated to move the cross arm toa'position at right angles to the track or parallel therewith.

2.- A dispatch order holdingdevice comprising a portion adapted to bepositioned beneath a; road surface, a receptacle into which the upperend of said portion terminates, a stand-ard-slidably cooperating withsaidportion, a cross arm carried by the upper, end of said standard,- adispatch hold ing device supported by said cross arm, means formaintaining the standard in a raised position, said standard beingadapted to be loweredawhen not in useto a position whereby the traindispatch holdingvmeans is confined within the receptacle;

3. A dispatch order holding device comprisin-ga base portion adapted tobe positioned beneath a road surface, a receptacle into which the vupperend of sa'idportion terminates, a standard telescoping with-said base, across arm carried by saidstandard, a dispatch holdingdevice supported:by the cross arm,means for maintaining the stand ard in a raisedposition, said standard being a-daptednto-be lowered when notin use-to aposition with'in'the receptacle, and closures for said receptacle lyingflush with the-road surface w i a i sa i-strain cispatch order holdingdevice comprising an elongated upstanding part.

ad apted'to be buried in the earth adjacent a'irailroad track, aslidable standard con nected therewith and adapted to lie in aloweredposition when the device is out of operation'so that the upperend thereofdoes not extend materially beyond the road sur- Y therewithand adapted to lie in a lowered position when the device isout ofoperation I so that the upperend thereof does not ex- I tend materiallybeyond the road surface, a i 1. A train dispatch ordcrqholding devicecross arm; carried bylsaid standard, train dispatch holding devicessupported on said crossarm, and.adjustablemeans for mai-n-v taining saidstandard in an elevatedposition materially beyond theroad surface when adispatch is to be. transmitted to a passing train, a receptacle seatedwithin a depression 7 in the, road surface adapted to'house the crossarm and the dispatch holders when in a lowered position ,1 andvhinge'dclosures" for said receptacle. I t k 6. A traindispatch order holdingdevice coniprising'a vertical part adapted to be embedded beneath a roadsurface, a telescopic dispatchholders mounted on said cross arm, 3

said standard being-adapted when in an inoperative position to belowered whereby the upper edge is substantially flush with the roadsurface. a

comprising a vertical partadapted to be embedded beneath a roadsurface,a telescopic standard carried thereby, means for holding said standardin a raised position whereby Y ,7. A train dispatch orderholding devicethe upper end is-materially above the road I surface, across arm carriedby thestandard, dispatch holders mounted on said crossarm said standardbeing adapted when'in aninoperative positionto be lowered whereby theupper edge is substantially flush with the 1 road surface, and housingmeans seated within a pocket insaid road surfacewfor enclosing the'OIOSSQQI'III and its dispatch holders when in a lowered-position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature toms semis.

